A new poll by the Global InfoAnalytics shows President John Dramani Mahama’s goodwill is fading as his job approval rating drops.
The new poll shows the president’s approval rating dropping from 73% in July 2025 to 67% in September 2025.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows 22% of respondents now disapprove of the President’s performance, while 11% remain undecided.
However, President Mahama is still being backed by more than two-thirds of voters.
Despite the drop, the poll shows 2 in 3 voters approve of the performance of the president, including the majority of voters from the Ashanti region.
Political observers have highlighted that maintaining Mahama’s approval will be a huge task, as their campaign promises will need to be a reality for many Ghanaians.
The Mahama government in recent weeks have been heavily criticised over the lacklustre fight against the illegal mining (galamsey) menace.
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has once again reiterated its calls for President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency on illegal mining (galamsey).
According to the Catholic Bishops’ in January and May 2025, they met President Mahama, but his response to their demand for a declaration of a state of emergency was unsatisfactory.
The Catholic Bishops cried out that once-pristine rivers such as the Pra, Ankobra, Birim, Offin, and Ayensu are now poisoned with mercury and toxic effluents.
They cited that turbidity levels in the Ayensu River have reached 32,000 NTU compared to the Ghana Water Company’s treatment threshold of 2,500 NTU, warning that purification is now impossible.
In a statement issued on Monday, September 15, 2025, the Bishops wrote, “Illegal and unregulated mining, commonly known as galamsey, has become one of the gravest afflictions of our time.
It ravages our rivers and forests, poisons our soil, endangers public health, corrupts governance, erodes our moral fibre, and extinguishes livelihoods.
This is not a routine challenge to be managed with half-measures; it is a national emergency requiring decisive, extraordinary response,” the bishops said.
The Bishop highlighted that the desecration of creation through galamsey is a grave sin against God.
“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it. To desecrate creation through galamsey is not only an offence against neighbour; it is a grave sin against God Himself, the Creator and Owner of all,” they declared.
The Catholic Bishops statement added, “Farmers can no longer trust the land to sustain their families, and our capacity to feed the nation diminishes. Children, seduced by the mirage of quick riches, forsake school for perilous pits, many losing their lives in collapses that are both tragic and preventable.”
“This betrayal of trust cuts to the very marrow of our national identity. We call such leaders to repentance without delay.”
Additionally, the Ghana cedi was performing better, but is now likely to end 2025 stabilising between GH₵13.5 and GH₵14 per U.S. dollar, according to Renowned economist Professor Godfred Bokpin.
The cedi is currently trading as of Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at GH¢12.30 to the dollar.
Furthermore, key campaign messages like the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL), which promised to jail and recover all stolen loot, have not borne any fruits yet and are facing doubts over selective justice.
Meanwhile, policy think tank IMANI Africa has also revealed that the Mahama-led NDC government’s goodwill is rapidly fading.
Despite the initial confidence surrounding President Mahama’s second tenure with the #ResettingGhana agenda, public confidence has weakened considerably.
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The new poll shows the president approval rating dropping from 73% in July 2025 to 67% in September 2025.
— GlobalInfoAnalyticsPoll (@GlobalInfoPolls) September 24, 2025
Despite the drop, the poll shows 2 in 3 voters approve of the performance of the president including majority of voters from the Ashanti region. pic.twitter.com/dvVnN4QTuA
Below is the full report
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